No reference is truly direct—every reference depends on some kind of coding scheme. It's just a question of how implicit it is. - Douglas Hofstadter

Therefore Godel's theorem had an electrifying effect upon logicians, mathematicians, and philosophers interested in the foundations of mathematics, for it showed that no fixed system, no matter how complicated could represent the complexity of the whole numbers: 0,1,2,3,.....

We should have great respect for what seem like the most mundane of analogies, for when they are examined, they often can be seen to have sprung from, and to reveal, the deepest roots of human cognition.

"I enjoy acronyms. Recursive Acronyms Crablike "RACRECIR" Especially Create Infinite Regress"